General Dereliction, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, August 2015

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OK - time to take a bit of a break from HK and for a few reports from Taiwan. The first is a bit of a round-up of the pictures I took in the city-center of Kaohsiung - Taiwan's second city, after Taipei. A lot of buildings were built on the island formally know in Formosa, post-1949, when 2 million refugees, predominantly from the Nationalist government, military, and business community, fled to Taiwan from China under the leadership of Chiang Kai-shek. Hence Kaohsiung has a large number of buildings constructed in the 1950s and 1960s.

Most buildings that are derelict are locked-up and often have still-functioning shops downstairs. Hence given this and their location in the center of the city, there is little-if-any chance of internal exploration. Apologies then that these are all external shots.

Old mansion near Yancheng district:

21094709348_e1676ca1b0_b.jpgimg1409 by HughieDW, on Flickr

21272104722_09e4acd279_b.jpgimg1408 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Poorly building on the quay:

21256443286_b202f2751a_b.jpgimg1407 by HughieDW, on Flickr

A near-by maritime building:

21095878409_7510948bc4_b.jpgimg1406 by HughieDW, on Flickr

A World War 2 air-raid shelter:

21272237682_bb2063599f_b.jpgimg1405 by HughieDW, on Flickr

...and another military-looking building in the grounds of the former British Governer's residence:

21290958201_d009a4abc2_b.jpgimg1403 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Abandonment at Pier 2 at the Fisherman's wharf:

21094780720_ee2b19bbe6_b.jpgimg0951 by HughieDW, on Flickr

21094899670_fd0024ee27_b.jpgimg0945 by HughieDW, on Flickr

21291021021_ccb1f6b305_b.jpgimg0950 by HughieDW, on Flickr

21272377582_86e42f7d51_b.jpgimg0948 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Abandoned rail-tracks near Pier 2:

21283041065_3303b26b2f_b.jpgimg0940 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Nearby building:

20661957173_bd5c1d0f4b_b.jpgimg0933 by HughieDW, on Flickr

21096227009_ed5852a5e4_b.jpgimg0932 by HughieDW, on Flickr

General dereliction around Yanchengpu:

21291262621_6febebdb4b_b.jpgimg0929 by HughieDW, on Flickr

21272619472_70d0c62832_b.jpgimg0928 by HughieDW, on Flickr

20660531984_eeeb452739_b.jpgimg0927 by HughieDW, on Flickr

21291383391_3cc87fccd3_b.jpgimg0925 by HughieDW, on Flickr

21291411351_14c29c99e1_b.jpgimg0924 by HughieDW, on Flickr

21291439081_fff74e683a_b.jpgimg1410 by HughieDW, on Flickr
 
A change from HK, but nevertheless another nice report.

Thank you Hugh. The next one from Taiwan is even more interesting!

Some of these buildings remind me of Sheffield's 'Moor' a bit in style.

They do - I guess that's down to the fact that a lot of The Moor was also constructed post-1945 after the Luftwaffe had helped us with our city planning here in Sheffield....

Interesting styles of architecture,cracking collection of photos.

Thank you Mr Flyboys!
 
Wow! You're getting about aren't you!
That WW2 shelter is so cute!
Fantastic stuff as always! :)
 

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